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If the MDS I'm going to see finds that this tongue movement is dystonia, would that make me more suspectible to cervical dystonia?

I first started getting neck stiffness that was sporadic, so I didn't think much about it. In recent weeks, it's happening everyday for most of the day.

Yet now I'm getting these painful, intense pressure pains in the back of my neck. It feels tight with a slight pulling sensation. It happens for hours, and nothing helps to ease the pain. Months ago, someone told me one of my shoulders is lower, and I lean a little to one side, but not sure if it's related.

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There are many forms of dystonia and sometimes even psychological symptoms can cause dystonia. It is best not to speculate, but to be examined as you can have limited tongue dystonia from many things including for example neuroacanthocytosis.

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Thanks. Funny you mention neuroacanthocytosis because I read about it months ago because some symptoms match, but I don't have chorea or psychiatric issues. I won't speculate anymore.

People like me, in medical limbo, have to speculate and do our own research because some doctors are quick to say it's in your head and dismissing patients' symptoms before taking symptoms seriously and excluding all causes. Your patients are fortunate you are not like that!

The two doctors I saw didn't care what this tongue thing is. In addition to my blurry vision and unsteadines on feet, this is a concerning symptom because it is not normal. Yet I could care less about some symptoms, like how I lost my sense of smell so many years ago and my arm stopped swinging last summer